Features

Lydia explores the long and vibrant history of cinema in Hong Kong. She uncovers how truly representative this medium can be regarding the city’s identity and unique cultural blend.

Three Films for the 30th Anniversary of the Bosnian War Yelena Hill explores three films, new and old, as a way into the complex history underpinning the historic conflict. Bosnia …

Audiovisual Narratives: The Social Media War Ella Buckley reflects on the nature of both the social media and broadcast news narratives surrounding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent invasion of Ukraine. …

Fight Club receives a new ending Amy Colwell discusses the ramifications of Tencent Video’s censorship of David Fincher’s modern classic Fight Club. The iconic 1999 David Fincher film, Fight Club, has …

Archie Lockyer’s Oscars Predictions 2022 Archie Lockyer considers the recently announced nominations for the 94th Academy Awards and offers his predictions for the big three categories. It’s that time of …

Ella Buckley’s Oscars Predictions 2022 Ella Buckley considers the recently announced nominations for the 94th Academy Awards and offers her predictions for the big three categories. Although the Academy may …

Does Euphoria have a substance abuse problem? Responding to D.A.R.E.’s criticisms of the hit teen-drama, Kristie Taylor suggests that Euphoria‘s depiction of substance abuse isn’t quite as simple as has …

Best of 2021: The Green Knight Following the Best of 2021 feature that ran in last fortnight’s print edition, Matthew Bowden adds his voice to the debate and champions the …

The Fourth Wall: Deadpool and The Big Short Stanley Murphy-Jones assesses the damage of Deadpool’s surprising, meteoric success on the cinematic fourth wall break and identifies a way forward. We …

The Fourth Wall: The Cabin in the Woods and Evangelion …extols the virtues of a subtler, less direct way in which a film can address its audience. When we think …